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f ?>/'?S>T?.f ' «•""'•• ;?y%M '. \' ;* % K£J uwm MUte fcy tiw niM ef ft* mshori butMairitaMil HflMwritac. Witt.«otFoae*^»W ••»«»». B» «Mdd,li|M«iMMn4W)tokMi Wlua u>d %ormi pl*.te uul 4WaSl STEAMBOATS WIU #©OU BFT, TUPFTJ^ OB &* , f̂ \*'tbe Sea of Galilee. •*#:•:.• {M-^:'-'V- _ !>*:V if*: Br' SESATOB DAVIS of Minnesota useS to be a telegraph operator, and was one of the first four men to read telegraphy f c y a o n n d . • - • > • • UNCLE SAM has educated one Indian ^i'ontil he is a very clever forger and has 'taken liberties with the checks of one §of Uncle Sam's department*. The It- >dian iB advancing. # THR man who has, however, impei- • wjeptibly, helped in the work of the nni- ^.i>* 'verse, has lived. The plain man Berves - tjr„ ithe world by his action, and as a wheel *>•an the machine; the thinker serves it by ' liia intellect, and as a light tp>on its "path. • |k" "X"AH! but this is something like!" ^fi|":^:;^4frt-;<Ax,ckles the resident - of Northern . Russia as he looks oat upon nine feet of snow and more coming, and he is al­ most tempted to believe that the old 1 days, when fifteen feet of snow was no surprise, are about to return. P - - - I© ,v i H* A CHICAGO philanthropist started out to lend money to dead broke actors to put them on their feet again, and at the end of one year he had $2,700 worth of notes for which he was offered $3 in cash, and he couldn't see that he had helped the profession up the ladder a •ingle round. LET the student not grieve too much J I" - because of unfit associates. When he , -"fe.%ee* how much thought he owes to the [ . disagreeable antagonism of various per­ sons who pass and cross him, he can Vi,. easily think that in a society of perfect , : > ',5- '-'" . Isympathy, no word no act, no record ' would be. %:•> THE POKTU OUESE have equipped ^ .eome of their African troops with veloci- ? *, ?|pedes. So the march of progress goes on, ' " ; and we may yet see the day when there ^i^will be squadrons of flying machine :-cavalry and prisoners or troops will be |"' V^conveyed from one post to another tjf#hrough pneumatic tubes. V i : '? • s1 \ • THE following is recommended as a way of finding where a crack in a >• i- "^jpiec® of metal ends: Moisten the sur- Y i*ace petroleum, then wipe it, and ' ^ i- ~ then immediately rub it with chalk. '•' The oil that has penetrated into the cracks exudes, and thus indicates where the crack ends. j, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S Cabinet in- §( >?<cluded Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, Thomas Jefferson, ; ; ̂Secretary of State, and Gen. Henry V ^ 'i.Knox, Seoretary of War. Under the Jv; -' ^Constitution a Supreme Court was or- ?. ganized, of which John Jay was ap- . ( ^pointed Chief-Justice, Edmund .Ran- * " - Jiolph was chosen Attorney General. •" '» *; • i THE sting*of the bee is so peculiarly \ "A"--**™structed that if you pull it out, in- ; stead of relieving the pain, it adds ' V greatly to it, for instead of pulling out 'z\> the poison you push it into the flesh, tlv i^This is not generally known, hence the severer pain from the sting. Scrape the sting out immediately with a knife, «nd you scrape the poison out also, and feoon forget that yon have been stung. V IN February, 1848, a treaty of peace was signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo, by ^' r jjwhich the Eio Grande was made the J. <• : boundary of Texas, and the great tracts t>f lands embraced in California and '* Kew Mexico were ceded to the United pf^^-i^Jfetates. She in her turn assumed Mexi- Ll,y • " can debts to the amount of $3,500,000 • and, gave in addition $15,000,000 to the Mexican Government. < • • • A CLAUSE of the marriage contract between the late Dr. Schliemann and the Greek girl whom he made his second wife was to the effect that she should improve her knowledge of Homer by learning and reciting fifty lines of the Iliad nightly. Schliemann, when telling the story to his friends, always said that neither tears nor en­ treaties ever induced him to let her off a single line. OVER its dispatches the other day about the Kansas Legislature The Cin­ cinnati Enquirer put the following rhyming headline^ They Have Plenty of Sense But Not Many Dollars. They Wear Black Ties and Laydown Collars. In the Hall of the House There is Nary a Tile. They Are There for Business and Not for Style. "We're Fresh from the Country and Somewhat Green, But Will Soon Be Able to Bun the Ma­ chine." AT Straubing, in Bavaria, some Celtic tombs have been opened and found to -.contain most interesting bronze orna- *v inents and iron weapons belonging to " ithe neople of Khsetia before the Boman ^v l^loonquest. The long-sought-for Roman ' jjbemetery has also been discovered-- •*. through the unearthing of a Boman s , jtomb containing cinerary urns--flanking V Tl*|;he old military road from Servidurum •" I^Straubing) to Abusima, both situated •«. *>n the Danube. SWELLING of the feet, when of such v , character that a little hollow, or "pit," is - left behind after a few seconds'pressure A, 0f the finger, should always excite alarm, * f. |us it is an indication of a condition of • . fthe system which may be serious. ^ Chis kind of swelling may be due to /^disease of the heart or the kidneys, or • ' may rise simply from a condition of ! ; ^taaemia, or poverty of the blood. In iither case it is a condition that should to a careful investigation bj a com- etent physician. ' , SIB WILLIAM THOMSON demonstrates ft'H , .^he solidity of the earth by rotating two ** ,*. r «ggs, one raw and the other cooked, ^ f suspended by steel threads. The f nooked egg behaves like any solid body, •"-- and continnes to move for a long timet but the raw egg soon oomes to a stop, because the shaft only was put in motion, and the friction of the matter of the egg soon overcomes the impulse. From this it appears that the earth can­ not consist of a thin solid crust contain­ ing a liquid or pasty nucleus, such con­ stitution being particularly incompatible wi*h the movement of the terrestrial axis corresponding to the precession of the equinoxes. A* the beginning of King PhiWp's War, in Colonial times, King Philip had a coat or cape made of bits of shells of wampum. This was considered of great value among the Indians all over New England, because each little shell- bead in it was in their eyes a piece of money. Indeed if a man of our day should have a ooat made entirely of gold dollars strong upon beads and woven together, it would have the same value to us that Philip's shell ooat did to the Indians. But when the war be­ gan he bravely cut his precious gar- itteut in pieces, and used the wampum to hire warriors yf other tribes to fight for him. --;i .i -- MR. A. M. CANNON gives a good re- jport of his luck in Washington, where he is at present located, in Spokane Falls. "I went to the country," he says, "when there weren't any prospects ex­ cept of getting your scalp taken off. I made a little money and started a saw­ mill, and bought a, quarter section of land at $2.50 an acre. A man working for me at $20 a month, hauling slabs; pre-empted another quarter section next me. It came time for him to pay up and he couldn't do it, so I bought a quarter Bection of him for $500. I've since sold off about $300,000 worth of that land, and there's $800,000 worth more. A MOVEMENT is on foot to, if possible, put the railways of the United King­ dom under government control, to be operated for the nation and controlled by a government department to be es­ tablished for the purpose. The rail­ way systems of Great Britain and Ire­ land are said to be in a rotten condition and especially are the "third-class" pas­ sengers "oppressed" by the companies. It is argued that these steel roads are just as much pnblio thoroughfares as the turnpike roads and are national ave­ nues of commerce and as such should at once be bought up and maintained by the national government for the benefit of the people at large. Thiajs a move in the right direction. UNGRACIOUSNESS is wholly opposed to all our ideas of good breeding. An ungracious person will never come up to our standard of a true gentleman or gentlewoman, although possibly well­ born and well educated. The sensa­ tion of insecurity and of being on the look-out for some ill-judged speeoh dis­ sipates that safe and calm atmosphere which surrounds the truly refined. There is always a nervous dread of what may come next, and a feeling of con­ straint is generated. Persons who are mnch in the society of the ungracious foster insensibly a guarded carefulness as to topics likely to call forth a show of uugraciousness, and a cautious man­ ner of feeling their way on a subject, so to speak, very trying to those having to practice it. Yet, with every care taken, the feeling will appear, and almost al­ ways when least expected, and on oc­ casions seemingly calling far it the least. • ONE of the oldest houses on the New Jersey coast is that of CoL Albert L. Johnson, an ex-Confederate Kentuckian, who, after passing the better part of his lifetime far inland, found leisure in ad­ vancing years and came straight to the Atlantic coast that he might indulge a long cherished passion for the sea. The house iB close to the water at Bay Ridge. When approached from the land it ap­ pears to be a one-story structure set upon a hill, but once inside one finds tliat the front door is almost in the roof, and that below that part of the house visible from the landward side is story after story facing the sea. In fact, the house is built against a bluff, with only the roof and one story peeping above the hill. Thus almost every room in the house has a sea view, and is cooled in summer by the sea breeze. A pow­ erful telescope is one equipment of the place, and with this the owner is able to spy out every ship entering or depart­ ing from the harbor. Iogersoll »• an Entert^ner. Last winter Col. Ingersoll gave re- < ceptions to his friends on Sunday eve­ nings. His parlors were always orowded, and the great Agnostic was the most delightful of men. He laughed with the girls, talked seriously with the men, cracked a joke at the supper table, and seemed to be as contented as man can well be. I noticed on more than one occasion, whenever some ill-man­ nered person brought up the subject of religion, that Col. Ingersoll deftly turned the conversation. But upon one memorable night that I recall, Grace Greenwood, the authoress, turned to him and said familiarly, as do most of his friends: "Bob, what do you think of Shakspeare?" I suppose the ques­ tion was prompted by a magnificent bust of the Bard of Avon that stood on a pedestal near by. Col. Ingersoll was not at a loss for an answer. He walked over to the bust, looked at the face af­ fectionately, and then in a low voice be­ gan as eloquent a tribute to the great poet as has ever been paid him. For five minutes he poured forth his elo­ quence in a low,, calm voice, and when he looked up he found that all the men and women in the parlors were on tip­ toe eager to catch every word that fell from his lips. I wish I could reproduce those words now, but I can't.--New York Letter to Pittsburgh Leader. „ aipontlcht 8021 a tit. ; Young man (with young lady on his arm)--Can you tell me the way to Ma­ ple street, sir? Young lady--And please, sir, will you tell us the longest way around, because we are is no hurry at all, sir. BUBAL Auntie-- My dear, your mother tells me you are going so get married. Miss de Fad--Yes, auntie, it's all the style now.--Cincinnati Enquirer. flGUBES FOE FARMERS. OUR FOOD-PRODUCINQ CAPAC­ ITY BEING LESSENED. A* Eaflhlk Xeonamtit (hat tk« Vsltad htat** la S'MMtUgr Overtaking It* Food-Pro<tue:ng Capacity--A Matter of Interest to Farmers. Several years ago, in an essay on finance, Kobert Giffen, the English econ­ omist, called attention to the fact that the population of the United States was steadily overtaking Its food producing capacity. K the Democracy intends, as announced by the free trade organs, to repeal the McKinlcy bill and rcduce duties to a revenue basis, says the New York Press, the American farmer should lose no time In ascertaining whether Mr. Giffen's statement is true or not. If the remarkable development of manufactur­ ing industries during the 'ast twenty years of protection has changed the IJnited States from a food and raw ma- ^rial producing country to a great in­ dustrial nation, which annually demands for its centers of industrial energy more food and more raw material, then a policy which will bring ruin to the urban popu­ lation will bo followed with a distress in the rural districts which no extension of foreign markets for food could possibly allay. For Western farmers realize that the growth of the non-agricultaral popula­ tion of such States as Ohio,Michigan, In­ diana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Calif ornia, and Oregon has not only been actually but relatively greater than that of the rural population. These States contain 158 cities with a population of 80,000 and upward. In 18S0 tbe aggregate popula­ tion in these places was 3,669,899, and in 1890 6,305,955. an addition of 2,636,056 to the population engaged mainly In manufacturing industries. This addi­ tional population requires for consump­ tion or for its necessary subsistence per annum 16,000,000 bushels of wheat and 90,000,000 bushels of corn, and propor­ tionate quantities of other farm products. The production of corn increased 382,000,- 000 bushels since 1880, that of wheat 5,500,000 bushels,that of potatoes 25,000,- 000 bushels, and the production of other provisions in proportion to the demands of an increased population at home. On the other hand, the consumption of ccrn increased by 285,000,000 bushels, that of wheat 22,000,000 bushels, and other produce in accgrdance with home de­ mands by increased population in cities and towns. As a matter of fact the rural popula­ tion in the older Western States in­ creased very slightly during the last dec­ ade, in some casc.s remaining almost stationary. Ohio, for example, shows an increase of nearly 45>a per cent, in urban population, and only in rural; Indi­ ana, nearly 43 per cent, in urban and 4% in the rural; Illinois, 92 per cent, in the urban and less than 2 per cent, in the rural districts. In Wisconsin, the in­ crease in urban population was nearly 66 per cent., and in the rural districts 153*» per cent; Iowa, 63 in the urban and 12X in the rural; Missouri, 46,^ in the urban and 17 in the rural; Michigan, 69 per cent, in the urban and about 18 in the rural. The rato of increase, of course, in the rural districts of the newer States, such as Minnesota, Kansas, Ne­ braska, and Oregon, was more satisfac­ tory, but, nevertheless, entirely over­ shadowed by the growth of towns and cities. In Minnesota the growth of urb­ an population exceeded 231 per cent.; in Kansas 116 per cent.; and in Nebraska itreachod the astonishing rate of 338 per cent. Curiously enough, the per­ centage of growth is found to be.more evenly distributed in California than in any other Western State. Here the to­ tal growth of population was about 40 percent., the urban growth about 47 per cent., and the rural growth a trifle over 35 per cent To sum up, we find that the total pop­ ulation of twelve States referred to was in 1880 18,268,396, and that the increase during the decade was 5,104,223. Of this increase 2,636,056 was urban popu­ lation, and only 2,468,197 rural. Yet the rural population in 1880 was 14J598,- 497, and the urban population in 1880 was 3,669,899. If this rato of increase con­ tinues through another decade we shall approach very nearly to the condition referred to by Mr. Giffen, and have little or no food to export, because it will be sold in the homo market at a good profit. You may tell him that the farmer (eels hap- pier and calmer When he sells his stuff at home than when for distant points he packs. For a factory-hiring labor Is a profitable neighbor, But the parrot will once more say: "The tariff is a tax." DEMOCRATIC DISH ON E8TY. Bullion* oC PoUar^ Stolen by Democrat* While in OOM. While' the average Democrat would resent the charge that he is not as well fitted to handle the public funds as the average Republican and ascribe such a reflection on his moral nature to partisan bigotry, the fact remains, nevertheless, that many State Treasurers are going wrong, that millions of State money are being stolen, and that the thieves are uniformly Democrats. The latest manifestation of the Demo­ cratic mania for embezzling the people's funds appears in Arkansas, where "Hon. Billy" Woodruff is reported to be $67,000 short in his accounts. The The Meaning of Single Tax. Replying to the query of a correspon­ dent tbe Chicago Tribune explains the single tax theory as follows: "The single tax advocated by Henry George and tbe land nationalizes means a tax on land, lots in towns as well as farms, to the amount of its full rental value. The product of such a tax in George's opinion would be sufficient to meet all the expenses of government-- national, State, county, and. municipal. There would be no occasion for any other form of taxation. Hence the name, single tax. The imposition of the tax would in the towns mean confiscation of real-estate values, and in the country districts the beggary of the farmers. It would convert ail present owners of real­ ty into tenants of the State land, serfs to be taxed at the pleasure and for the profit of an office-holding oligarchy. It would leave the town and city lot owner nothing but his improvements, and in­ deed. not^ll his improvements, because, as George himself says, some improvements become indistinguisable from the, lands. Sewerage and drainage probably would be included in such improvements. To the farmer the single tax plan would leave nothing that he could call his own but his house, his barns, and his agri­ cultural implements. The scheme, as might be expected, is only advocated by cranks and visionaries. It is ofttimes shifted, qualified, and softened down by States, if they are given time enough, and Mills' time seemed to have come. In view of his disgraceful conduct it^is interesting to recall that this vile- mouthed specimen of Texas cowboy statesmanship invaded Iowa a few months ago to proclaim the doctrine of peace, free trade and Grover Cleveland. It is also interesting to note that this fellow Mills, so utterly lacking in the commonest attributes of decent man­ hood, is tho most prominent candidate for the speakership of the next Demo­ cratic House. His recent little episode will, no doubt, help his candidacy, for there is nothing that is so popular with the Democratic Congressmen as the blow and bluster of the bully and tho vileness that ex-rebels belch forth on men more decent, more honorable and more patri­ otic than themselves--Iotoa State Iteg- i*Ur. American mechanical appliances supe­ rior, they insisted that while a little tin- plate might be manufactured here, the Industry could never be established dh a large scale. Finally, this having been shown to be false, and American tin- plate being now placed on the market, the free-traders say, "Well, it isn't any cheaper than the foreign article." Thi9 is their last ditch. After a while, when American tin-plate becomes cheaper UM! better than the British article, the free­ traders will have nothin' to say. But their devotion to British interests < is quite touching.--Indianapolis Journal] A Tariff Picture. Is the tariff 00 horse blankets a tax? They oan be bought tor 65 cents, while the McKtnley dutv on them K 78.3 cento. *&2few Tork Presi. How a Convict Rons a Prison. A convict running a State prison is a novel condition of affairs, but such is said to be virtually the case at the Maine State institution at Thomaston. W. E. Gould, the Portland defaulter, Is this unofficial personage. Gould for­ merly was a Sunday-school superin­ tendent, a church pillar, and a son-in- law of Neal Dow, but the fact that some seven years ago he stole 8180,000 from the First National Bank at Portland forced him to take a ten years' resi­ dence at Thomaston. He went to tho prison in' his private car, but Warden Bean set him to work carriage making. When CoL Allen, tho present Warden, took charge, he found C A P I ~ 0 L . 1 The favorite Attitude of the Texas Congressman. Democratic Avahinche, of Memphis, Tenn., in announcing Mr. Woodruff's little shortcoming, remarks that he has "advanced the funds of tho State to in­ dividuals to invest in private business enterprises." This is tho second ex­ perience of this kind, with a Demo­ cratic Treasurer, to which the people of Arkansas have beoi^ subjected. Treas­ urer Churchill, a few yeafs ago, set the example for Mr. Woodruff by stealing some ^80,000. Tbe recent fall of "Honest Dick" Tate, of Kentucky, is still fresh in tho public mind. State Treasurer Archer, of Mary­ land, was also guilty of embezzUng a large sum. Treasurer Burke, of Louisi­ ana, was the biggest rascal of them all, his stealings reaching well UD toward a million dollars. State Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, despite his name and an­ cestry, managed to make way with nearly half a million. State Treasurer Hemingway, of Mississippi was, next to Burke and Polk, third on the list BO far as the size of his shortage was con­ cerned, while State Treasurer Vincent, of Alabama, made a very good showing, occupying fifth place. State Treasurer Nolan, of Missouri, cdficludes the list with a comparatively potty shortage. The list of good Democrats who be­ trayed their trusts and the sums lost to the people during the past live years are as follows: Amount* Treenireri. stolen. Hnr*B ftf #0117,090 Polk of Tennessee 400,000 Hemingway of Mississippi......... H15.000 Tate of Kentucky 247.000 Vinoent of Alabama 248,000 Archer of Maryland 196,000 Churchill of Arkansas 80,00.) Woodruff of Arkaiis&a 67,000 Kolou of Missouri 84,000 in Gould a Moses to lead him eut of the wilderness, first as a simple accounant, then as a trusted clerk. Now he is virtually in complete control of the business accounts. Rules are relaxed in the ex-financier's favor, and it is even said that he writes the annual reports. Total $3,343,000 It will be noticed that all these defal cations have occurred in Southern States where the Democratic party is supreme. They have been so numerous that they are more than a mere coincidence, and suggest some special cause which has operated throughout the entire Southern section. They cannot bo laid at the door of "carpet-bag government;" for the South is enjoying home rule. Nor can they properly be charged to "ignor­ ant black rule;" for every Southern State government is in white hands and every treasurer who has plundered his State is a white. They are due, doubt­ less, to the opportunities which South­ ern politics offer a rascal to get to the front and remain there; not only to plunder the people but to carry on and conceal the crime for a considerable time. Many of the most popular Democrats in the South to-day are those who have come into pewer on the race issue. Vagabonds of all kinds sophists like George and revolutionary j have worked this race issue for all it is theorists like Michael Davitt to meet the I worth, and played on the fears of the unanswerable and logical objections white people. The conflict of the races urged against it But to the extent that it is thus qualified it ceases to be a sin­ gle-tax plan. The vicious principle is maintained, however. It is opposed by all owners of realty, all the farmers of tho country, ail the owners of lots ib the towns and cities, representing 7.000,- i 000 or 8,000,000 families. It hi as im- ' practicable and visionary as most of the cranks who advocate it andwhe are as a rulo landless and propertyless. It has been tried in India and Egypt. The result is that there is not a moro pitiably miserable people in the world than the Indian ryots and tho Egyptian felaheen --the land serfs of both countries." Mills' Tile Speech. The blatherskite and chronia kickar, Mills from Texas, created a regular rebel-yell sensation in the House the other day, when he accused the Speaker of the House of intentional fraud, and then proceeded to intimate that Maj. McKinley was not a man of honor. As might be expected, these vile accusa­ tions met with a storm of indignation, and for a time scenes of personal vio­ lence were threatened. The Sergeant- at arms finally succeeded in quelling the disturbance. Throughout the contro­ versy Speaker Reed maintained his usual calm decorum. Flannel-mouthed, fire- eating Bourbons of the Mills' stripe, can always be relied upon to disgrace them­ selves and tho Congress of tho United has bred unhealthy politics. Combined with this the absence of all effective op­ position to the rule of the dominant party has naturally led to machine poli­ tics of the worst kind. Repeated re- nominations and re-elections have facil­ itated the operations of the "Honest Dicks" and "Honest Billys" in plunder­ ing the people. The triumph of Governor Tillman in South Carolina is a good sign if for no other reason than it means opposition to the powers that have so long ruled. Two closely matched forces in politics are conducive to the good of any State; and with moro triumphs like that of Tillman's there would bo fewer shortages among the State treasurers.--Albany Journal. Kit Kntlrely SattsSed. "Goin' fur, mister?" The question was asked by & long- nosed, thin-lipped man, with pointed chin whiskers, a slouch hat, and a hungry expression of counteuance. He was resting his elbows on the seat in front of him, which seat was occupied by a passenger in a gray chock suit. The passenger addressed turned partly around, took a look at his questioner, and sized him up at once. "Yes, I am going to Nashville," he re­ plied; "down to Tennessee. My business there Is to sell four shares of bank stock, dispose of my interest in a farm of eighty acres ten miles from the city, and invest the proceeds in a clothing establishment on Cherry street. I am from Beards town, Cass County, III. I got on the train there at 9.35 this morning. It was forty-five minutes behind time. My ticket cost me 311-65. I shall take the sleeper when the sun* goes down. Had my dinner about an hour ago; paid 75 cents for it. This cigar cost me 10 cents. I have been a smoker for about thirteen years. My name is Chauncey McConnell. I am 30 years old, have a wife and four children, came originally from Harrodsburg, Ky., and am a member of the Congregational Church. I was formerly a druggist, but sold out to a man named Treadway, and I am not in any business now. I am worth perhaps $10,000. My father was a cooper, and my grandfather was a sea- captain. My wife's name was -Carr be­ fore I married her, Her father was a surveyor. That's all I know about her family. We live in a two-story frame house, and the children have all had the mumps, chicken-pox, and measles. When I reach Nashville I expect to stop at the Maxwell House." He stopped. The long-nosed man re­ garded him a moment with interest, and then asked, in a querulous, dissatis­ fied way: "What did yer great-grandfather do fur a livin'?* MR. CLKVKI.AXD "gave the tariff a rest" at Philadelphia. We have had oc­ casion to remark before now that this eminent gentleman is not wanting in a certain kind-of adroitness. Philadelphia is a city which has not refbrned a vehe­ ment free-trader to Congress for very many years. Its typical Democrat was a protectionist, and a stalwart one; so that Mr. Cleveland, who wants votes at the next national convention, did not say very much about tariff" in his speech to the Young Men's Democratic Club of Philadelphia.--Intkr> Ocean. tkj' W-A- 'M m &.1&A •'•if Falsifying; Free-Traders. Free-traders have a hard tim# trying to maintain British supremacy in the United States. At the beginning of the tin-plate discussion they declared most positively that It could not be ^manufac­ tured in this country under any circum­ stances. When this was disproved by the testimony of experts they asserted that, anyhow, it would have to be manu­ factured of imported tin, as there was no supply in this country. When this was shown to be false they said the busi­ ness could only be carried on by import­ ing foreign skilled labor. When it was demonstrated that American labor was fully as skillful as the foreign, and r !%• ' I IT is estimated that the speeches made by Democratic Senators at the present session for the sole purpose of obstruct­ ing the work of legislation and prevent­ ing the majority from exercising its just rights and privileges have cost the peo­ ple over $200,000. This shows at a glance the necessity of a rule by which the stream of irrelevant and mischievous talk can oe kept within reasonable lim­ its and brought to a perfect stop when the public business i's being intentionally and culpably delayed.--SL Louis Qldbe- Demoirai. GHOVER CLEVELAND said something in his Reform Club speech about "those who, clothed in Democratic uniform, would be glad to stand at the entrance of our camp and drive back recruits." A pretty fair^military simile for a patriot, who fought, bled, and died for his coun­ try by proxy, when proxies came high.-- Minneapolis Tribune. NOTWITHSTANDING the threat of free­ traders of upsetting the McKinley law in favor of the tiQ-makers of Europe, half a dozen great organizations are going on preparing to make American tin. It is a little hard on Democracy, as well as England and Wales. AFFAlfiS IN IILIN0I8. ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI­ OUS SOURCES. ILLINOIS LAW-MAKERS"' fcfbat Our Neighbor* Are Doing--Matters of General and Local Interest -- Mar- riacsfand Deaths--A. oettenta sodCHnw --Fersonal Pointers. Fopnlatton of Illinois. The Census Office compJetnd the popu­ lation of Chicago and of Illinois by conn- ties. The results are as follows: Chi­ cago, 1,099,850. COUXTIM. , Sl,888iLlvfn gston. 16,583 ;ix>f?an 14,650|Mcj)onoiigll..... 12,208 McHenry. «11,SS1 McLenn.. ....... Adams ,A. Alexander..... Bond Boons.......... Brown Bureau Calhonn......... Carroll Cass Champaign. Christian Clark CUy Clinton Coles £5,014 Macon 7,0M|Mfveoupm....... JS 310 Madison......... 15,068 Marlon... 42,189 Marshall........ >0,591 jMason Sl.099Ma«a»c.......... Jfl.TTa Menard.......... ,17 411 Mercer........... $i),C98 Monroe.. Cook l,tPl.Ma:Montfioml Crawford........ 17,2SHj Morgan.......... Cumberland..... 4-i;<;Moultrie......... DeKalb fi7,0*HVOgle...... DeVVltt :.. J7.01i;Pooria... Douglas j7,0tS9 Ferry .....;. PuPage .§2,551 Piatt Edgar u -V «6.7WnPike Edwards 9.4H Pope Effingham 10,:v.S Pulaski Fs.yett« ......... Putrejn 17,033 Randolph. 17,138 Bichland • i.llu Koclt Inland..... lt.'JW 8t. Clair........ $3.7.U Saline ......" 11.024 Sangamon...... 17,W0 Kobuylor.. •©1,907: Soott 7,234 Shelby • 9,'76,Stark St,Stephenson 85.167;Taxewell,....... 7,KUi Union. 18,188 >2,530 I4.S10 $5,101 Vermillion..... vvabaah ; Warren Washington.... 39,445 25,483 27,467 9*1,114 63,03(5 30,083 30,880 51,535 14.341 33,053 113,0(37 11,313 is,iao 18,545 12.048 80,003 32,033 14,481 39,710 70,878 17,529 17,062 31,000 14,016 11,355 4,733 23.049 15 019 41,917 66,571 10.342 61,195 10,013 10,301 31,191 9.982 31,338 29,566 '21,549 49,905 11.866 21,281 19,262 23,806 25,005 30,854 02,007 22,220 89,938 21,429 Iford Franklin Fulton Gallatin Greone Grundy Hamilton........ Hancock ........ Hardin Henderson*...,. Henry Iroquois Jaokson......... Jasper....,,,,., Jefferson........ Jersey Jo Daviosa...... Johnson ........ .Jlo.OlsjWayne.? Kane 4. . * tiS.Oti 1 i W hit© Kankakee....... i'8,7;i2 Whitesi'ie,...... Kendall...,.,... 32,lots,Will Knox ;... jw,72-'|Williamson Lake 124.233 Winuobago La Salle Woodford Lawrenoe 14,(533} Lee aii,187| 1'otal 8,826,351 SWINDLING real estate dealers in Chi­ cago havo caught many victims on the so-oallod suburb of Patterson. This placo is 30 miles from the city, in a swamp, and the ground is several feet balow the level of tho lake. "De Forost Pa; It* is another uninhabitable swamp that has many disgusted owners. TuF.itr. are still 114 log school bouse* In Illinois. ' C11A.S. FORD, principal of a Chicago school, has been suspended for imprison­ ing children in dark, dingy basoment rooms whero hot steam pipes and whtz- sing machinery were. EiGHr>EEX HUNDRED milk ShippCM near Chicago have organized, and city dealers are alarmed. To protect the members it was dccided to make every dealer furnish a bond for the paymont of milk. All the milk will be handled through the association, and no dealer can buy a single can unless he furnishes the required bond for the full amount. To remedy the difficulty that occurs when there is a surplus of milk a sink­ ing fund will bo provided by assessing each member fivo cents for every can ho ships. Whon there is a surplus instead of shipping to tho city the .members will use their milk for making butter. As the milk is not worth as much 10 them when used this way as when sold there is a consequent loss. This loss will be paid out of the sinking fund. AT Chicago, Frank Picha, alias Smith, was shot and probably fatally wounded by William Patterson. A woman caused it. W. H. PATBTARCHE, aged 56, a trav­ eler for tho Fairbanks-Morse Scale Com­ pany of Chicago, died suddenly at the Gibson House in Cincinnati. AT St Joseph, Mich., George S. Bry­ ant, of Chicago, fell down stairs, and is dying of his injuries. TUB estimated gross earnings of the Rock Island system, including lines east and west of the Missouri River, for January, 1891, are $1,097,486.69, a de­ crease compared with January, 1890, of 858,988.76. FIRE at Greenville destroyed a block in the business portion, entailing a loss of between $15,000 and 320,000. THE prisoners in the Olney jail made their escape by pulling out the bars in the windows. They were in only for minor offenses. • AT Chicago, Mrs. Catherine McKnight hung herself after vainly trying to find work. During the war she rendered the Union army service in tho capacity of a spy. CHARLES MCVAT, of Adams County, a prominent. Mason, died at the age of 73. AT Cairo Mills, on the C., V. & C. Road, the boiler of a portable cornmeal mill exploded, killing Ziby Hudson and fatally wounding John Hudson and Eli­ jah Miller. THOMAS JUSTICE was sentenced' to eighteen months in tbe penitentiary at Springfield, for counterfeiting. • THE Grand Lodge of the independent Order of Mutual Aid met at Springfield. A BRUTE named Hassett is locked up in Chicago for assaulting his aged mother. She ^rill probably die. She had no money to give him and he beat her. THE body of Mrs. Catherine Sully» who disappeared from her home in Chi'. cago six weeks ago, has been found in tho river. GEV. C. R NORTOX, the distinguished authority on world's fairs, died at the Palmer House, Chicago, of paralysis. Two YEARS ago John Graham and Duane John on were suitors for the hand of a lady, and Johnson was suc­ cessful. They met at a dance at Rus- sellvtlle tho other night, and Graham used insulting language. This led to a fight Graham waited for Johnson with a big knife, and stabbed him in the chest, killing him. THE State Board of Agriculture recommended an appropriation by the Legislature of SI.000,000 for a State ex­ hibit at the World's Fair in 1893. CHAUNCEY B. BLAIR, President of the Merchants' National Bank, Chicago, is dead, of rheumatism of the heart. Ho preserved C hicago's credit by saving it from defaulting after the big fire. SOME practical joker stole the corpse of a suicide from the Collego of Dental Surgery, Chicago, and left it in a collin on the street. JAMES ROBBIXS, who robbed railroads at Denver of over $CO,OOD worth of freight, is in ;'ail at Chicago. FOB robbing the United States Ex­ press Company of $10,000 John Ehret, of Chicago, got three years in prison. Ijf jumping from a street car Chris­ tian Knutsen, of Chicago, was killed. In an endeavor to teat the conductor out of his fare he sprung from the car and struck on his head. T»K accidental discharge of his own revolver in the hands of W. J. Mills may end the life of Officer Michael Walsh, of Chicago. ~ RUDOLPH ADKNG, a Hollander, was killed, and six people wero injured by a collision on the C and E. road at Chi­ cago JAMES PATRICK WALSH, JB, 14-year- old son of ex-Aid. "James P. Walsh, TB* proceedings of the joint assembly were very tame on the 30th. Two ballot* were taken with no change--Poltr. Itll. Oglesby, 100; Streeter, 3. «It seem to SMS" said Senator Fuller, "that having takes an even fifty ballots now. this is a good time to stop and look around. I move that the Joint assembly adjourn until 12 o'clock to­ morrow." The motion prevailed by a viv» voce vote. In the House, at Mr. Taube- neck's request, a resolution was adopted by acclamation to send an investigating com­ mittee to Columbus, Ohio, to be accom­ panied by Mrs Taubeneck himself, to h*~ terrlew the State prison authorities and settle the matter of identification of. Mr. Taubeneck. This action was prompted by newspaper reports that Taubeneck's photo­ graph resembled a paroled convict niimti Rogers, who was in prison In Ohio In 184& A DOZES bills were Introduced in both houses the 3d. Tom Ferns contributed a measure making the keeping of a g«inbling- house a felony. Mr. Brooks wants to provide afrainst unjust discriminations by life In­ surance companies. Mr. Fa ires favors tax­ ing notes and mortgages, and Mr. White­ head has a resolution providing toe the submission of the question of a constitu­ tional convention to the people at tbe next general election. In the Senate Mr. Fuller presented Reed Green's bill of last session relating to mutual savings associations; Mr. Evans, a bill exempting ex-soldiers and ex-sailors from Jury service; Mr. Mathews, a bill appropriating fl3.000 for the Stato university laboratory of natural hist&rfy and Mr, Bass, a bill to enable Chicago to levy a tax of 2 mills for the purpose of ex­ tending and supporting the public library. Three ballots for Senator resulted In no change. ON the <th, the House spent mnch time ia discussing the railway commission resolu­ tion. but came to no conclusion. Senator Noon an Introduced a bill amending tbe building and loan association law, so as to secure the public more effectually aealnst fraud or possible loss. The resolution to investigate tho Chicago Live-Stock Ex­ change, which passed the House, was made the order for the 6th. Other bills In the Senate look to the change of laws relative to roads, attachments, Chicago elections, assessments for village improvements, and compulsory education. In joint assembly the balloting for United States Senator de­ veloped no change. THE same 101 votes were cast for Palmer. 100 for Oglesby and 2 for Streeter in joint assembly on the 5th. Mr. Cockrell was too ill to attend. The time of the House was taken up listening to specifies of county of­ ficers regarding needed changes in laws. Mr. Merriam, of Tazewell, urged the provi­ sion of more adequate quarters for caring for the insane. R. J. Miller, of St. Ciair County, wants the executive branches of government brought closer to tbe people, and thinks the Australian ballot would be a goad thing. Mr. Robinson, of Fulton Coun­ ty, spoke forcibly of the need of arbitrary legislation to compel uniform assessment of property for purposes of taxation, and cited that in 1873 the assessed valuation of property in Illinois was $l,ii.,>5,401.317, while In 1800 it was but |80S,S{!2,VS2, a decrease of $546,408,585, nearly 6ft per cent. Gen. Lleh pitched into the railroads, stating that they were paying taxes on $75,000,000 while they owned $300,000,000, After the speakers withdrew a number of bills were introduced and adjournment waj had. The Colors of Cigars. One of the most interesting things to me, being an ex-member of in* trade, is to study the simple little brands on the ends of the cigar boxes in the tobacconists' stores and wonder how many people who nse the contents know the meaning of the words "claro," etc. Nowadays a smoker caUs for a light, medium, or dark colored cigar, as his fancy dictates. To the dealer, however, there is a nicer and more exact method of naming tbe shade. "Claro," for instance, stands for the lightest shade of all, and Is • mostly found in twofers. About the palest in color of the ordinary cigars is the "Colorado." Then comes "Color­ ado Maduro," next "Maduro," and lastly "Oscuro," which is the heaviest, darkest cigar made. The "Colorado Maduro" and "Maduro" shades are the most sought for in the best grades of ( domestic cigars, while consumers at imported brands run to "Maduro" and "Oscuro." It seems difficult to get ft really good imported cigar that is not dark-colored. All of them are strong, and while many men affect the dark­ est, liigh-pviced kinds, I believe that but few of them really enjoy them. As good a cigar as any man need smoke can now be bought for ten and fifteen cents. A few experts may find value and solace in a tin-foil-covered twenty- five-cent weed, but when anything over a quarter is paid it is money thrown away for ornaments like tin­ foil, band, fanoy lining to box, etc. At present prices of tobacco and labor a manufacturer can't put a value of fifty cents in one cigar unless he folds in twenty-five cents' worth of postage stamps. ' And yet many people smoke these expensive sorts. Banking In Japan. "No, the banking system of Japan is not exactly like that of America, but my bank, the Bank of Japan, is man­ aged something similar to the Bank of England," said 6. Nagasaki, a Japanese financier. The visitor is here looking over the banking system of the United States. "The Bank of Japan never money direct to the individval," tinued Mr. Nagasaki. "Befo^ any loans are made the notes must first be indorsed by some private banking con­ cern. The interest charged by our es­ tablishment is 5 per cent., but tbe smaller ooncerns charge from 7 to 10 per cent. The national debt is $20,- 000,000, and the bonds that are issued for this amount pay from 5 to 7 per cent. It is the pensions of the ex-mil­ itary men of the feudal times and their families that keep the country in debt.* The Japanese banker said th$ recant stringency in the money market wtm felt in his country, and there were also a few failures. "But the failures are not so frequent as in America," he said, "because we do not speculate so muoh." Mr. Nagasaki also said the onH1 money in circulation in Japan was sil­ ver coin and silver certificates. Gold, he explained, was only used tor foreign exchange. The capital stock of the Bank of Japan is $20,000,000, but the con corn has the privilege, the visitor said, of issuing $85,000,000 in bonds. All the revenues of the Government are into this bank. , s • $.,VJ TfcU Md TkM. i,r] , HK was a mean husband who beggeS^* his wife not to bake any more cake un­ til he had paid his life-insurance dues. "WE all try to deceive each other, and although we are not deceived, we give each Other to understaud that we are. Ait electrical gyroscope has been de­ vised in Paris and applied to show tbe rotation of the earth and to correct tbe ship's compasses. IT is when a lady enters a crowded horse-car that the roan Isss a ssa&- - reallv feels that he is getting bit money's worth out of a newspaper, MOTHER (mournfully)--My DEW Charlie, what would r«.u do if I hap­ pened to die? Little Charlie (eagerjf) --rd eat all the sugar. "MY dear young lady, you must not press so hard on the pedal when play." "But I can't help it, bee 4-!. V ' ' % x • 1 Ota Min w waiu, r. ti wsu, plav/ x>uc 1 cnu § uwpn, Chicago, accidentally killed hlmselt wlih i f have been rnnmog a rowing . . . - t limtb* MM „yil :-*k; ' ? s i f . ' * K - f t . • . . \ J , , . i t % A r i a®